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☆ Brazil floods: Images from space reveal airport runway and football field submerged
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Paul P. Murphy | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Overview of the Guaiba River in Porto Alegre, Brazil, captured on April 21, before the area was flooded, and May 7, during floods. Maxar Technologies Overview of the Guaiba River in Porto Alegre, Brazil, captured on May 7, amid flooding. Maxar Technologies Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport is pictured under flood water on May 7. Maxar Technologies Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport is seen before flooding, left, and with its runways submerged under flood waters, right. Maxar Technologies The Gremio Arena in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is seen flooded on May 7.

Persons: Cai Rivers, Salgado, Alegre's Salgado, El Niño, Neymar Jr, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Organizations: CNN, Technologies, Maxar Technologies, Porto, Maxar, Gremio Arena, Arena, Gremio, Brazilian Football Confederation Locations: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Pacific

☆ The New Players in Brazilian Politics? Elon Musk and Republicans.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Just a few months ago, the political movement behind Brazil’s far-right former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was sputtering. Mr. Bolsonaro had been voted out of office, ruled ineligible to run in the next election and was in the cross hairs of deepening criminal investigations. But now Mr. Bolsonaro and his followers have had a sudden surge of energy and momentum — with the help of Elon Musk and the Republican Party. Over the past month, Mr. Musk and House Republicans have harshly criticized Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who is leading investigations into Mr. Bolsonaro, over the judge’s moves to block more than 100 social media accounts in Brazil. Many of them belong to prominent right-wing pundits, podcasters and federal lawmakers who, in some cases, have questioned Mr. Bolsonaro’s election loss.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, Alexandre de Moraes Organizations: Elon, Republican Party, House Republicans, Brazilian Locations: Brazil

☆ Madonna concert attracts 1.6 million to Brazil’s Copacabana beach
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

More than a million people thronged Brazil’s Copacabana beach for a free Madonna concert on Saturday, braving the heat to see the end of her “Celebration” world tour. The sand and oceanfront boulevard around Rio de Janeiro’s famed beach were filled for several blocks by a crowd the city estimated at 1.6 million. Rio’s state and city governments said they spent $3.9 million on the concert. Rio’s state and city governments said they spent 20 million reais ($3.9 million) on the concert, while the rest was financed by private sponsors. The authorities estimate the concert could bring about 300 million reais to Rio’s economy.

Persons: Mauro Pimentel, “, ” Madonna, Anitta, Pabllo, Rod Stewart, Taylor Swift Organizations: Rio de, Firefighters, Vogue Locations: Rio, AFP, Brazilian

☆ Why a Brazilian UFC star is championing a dead Austrian economist
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In recent years, the free-market economist and the contrarian Austrian school he led midcentury have been turned into a hashtag deployed by tax-wary workers. Ludwig von Mises From Mises Institute“Ludwig von Mises is Latin America’s leading economist,” declared the headline of a Bloomberg opinion piece earlier this month by economist Tyler Cowen. His free-market policy prescriptions, framed by an economic thinking centered on human behavior and individual choice, were widely considered out of fashion at the time. “That is my jam!” Shapiro said of the Austrian school. “If you start to understand the concept of the Austrian economic school,” Moicano said in a recent YouTube video, “you’re going to understand that’s what I need: free market, liberties, and wealth, my brother.

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☆ Marta: Brazil star to retire from international soccer
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Sammy Mncwabe | Duarte Mendonça | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Brazil and Orlando Pride star Marta will retire from international soccer this year, she told CNN Brasil in an interview which will air on Sunday, April 28. The 38-year-old is Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer, male or female, with 115 goals and has appeared in six World Cup tournaments. If selected for the Brazilian squad at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Marta could make her sixth appearance at the Games. There is no longer Marta in the national team as an athlete from 2025 onwards,” Marta told CNN Brasil. Three times Marta has come agonizingly close to glory with Brazil, losing the 2007 Women’s World Cup final to Germany and twice suffering defeat in the Olympic gold medal match.

Persons: Marta, I’ll, ” Marta Organizations: CNN —, Orlando Pride, CNN Brasil, soccer, FIFA, Women’s Champions League, Copa Libertadores Femenina, Copa América Locations: CNN — Brazil, Brazil, men’s, Germany, Paris

☆ Brazilian President Lula indirectly calls out Elon Musk on climate crisis, further fueling tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Heather Law | Julia Vargas Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva indirectly called out Elon Musk on the climate crisis on Tuesday, further increasing tensions between the country’s leaders and the billionaire businessman. Lula published the same comments in a post on X, the social media platform that Musk owns, further adding, “He will have to learn to live here. Lula’s comments come as tensions between Musk and Brazil steadily escalate. Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes also announced he would open an inquiry into Musk. We are prohibited from saying which court or judge issued the order, or on what grounds,” the team wrote.

Persons: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Elon Musk, Lula, Jorge Messias, Alexandre de Moraes, de Moraes, @Alexandre de Moraes, Musk, Moraes, “ brazenly, ”, Javier Milei, Jair Bolsonaro, Manuel Adorni, CNN’s Hanna Ziady, Duarte Mendonca, Ramishah Maruf Organizations: New, New York CNN, Union, Municipalities, Brazilian, Brazil ” Locations: New York, Mars, Brazil, Brazilian, Argentine, Texas, Brasilia, United States

☆ Clash with Elon Musk prompts calls for social media controls in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes announced Sunday that he would open an inquiry into the billionaire businessman who owns X. Musk suggested that Moraes was behind the ban, writing Sunday on X that the judge had “brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. “As a result, we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there. X has faced criticism for accommodating government censorship demands in the past, with Musk saying the company has no choice but to comply. For example, it blocked some X accounts in Turkey at the behest of the government ahead of the country’s elections last year, while at the same time contesting the orders in court.

Persons: London CNN —, Elon Musk, Jorge Messias, Alexandre de Moraes, ”, Orlando Silva, Suamy, Jair Bolsonaro, Musk, Moraes, “ brazenly, “, X Organizations: London CNN, Elon, Sunday, Brazil ” Locations: Brazilian, Brazil, Brasilia, United States, Turkey

☆ Venezuela battles record wildfires worsened by Amazon drought
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Billy Stockwell | Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Reuters —Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. An aerial view shows a burned forest after a forest fire in Henri Pittier National Park on March 30. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/ReutersA Bolivarian National Police helicopter flies over during a wildfire in the Henri Pittier National Park on March 29. The fires are blanketing with smoke Guayana City, Venezuela’s largest urban center in the Amazon, according to a Reuters witness. In Venezuela, Lozada, firefighters and other experts said the government response was lacking.

Persons: Manoela Machado, ” Machado, “, ”, Carlos Carruido Perez, Henri Pittier, Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Henri, Jose Rafael Lozada, Michael Coe, Lozada, Juan Carlos Hernandez, ” Lozada, Oxford’s Machado, William Lopez Organizations: Reuters —, Satellites, University of Oxford, Henri, Reuters, Bolivarian National Police, NASA, Universidad de Los, Research, AFP, Getty, “ Firefighters Locations: Reuters — Venezuela, Venezuela, South America, Pacific, Brazil’s, Brazil, Henri, Uverito, Manhattan, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Brazil’s Roraima, Roraima, Naguanagua, Carabobo State

☆ Bolsonaro Faces New Legal Jeopardy After Stay at Hungarian Embassy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to explain why he spent two nights at the Hungarian Embassy, and the Brazilian federal police began investigating whether the February stay violated earlier court orders, police and court officials have said. The moves from the Supreme Court and federal police add to mounting legal jeopardy for Brazil’s former leader and followed a New York Times investigation published on Monday that showed Mr. Bolsonaro hid at the Hungarian Embassy in Brasília days after the authorities confiscated his passport because he was under criminal investigation. The Times report, based on three days of footage from the embassy’s security cameras, showed that the former president had appeared to be seeking political asylum from Hungary, whose prime minister is a fellow hard-right leader, Viktor Orban.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, Viktor Orban Organizations: Hungarian Embassy, Supreme, New York Times, Times Locations: Brazil’s, Hungarian, Hungary

CNN —Brazilian superstar Vinícius Jr. broke down in tears in an emotional media conference on Monday while speaking about his experience with racist abuse while playing for Real Madrid in Spain. This comes after a series of instances of racism that have been directed towards Vinícius in Spain. Racist slurs have also been caught on camera during Real’s matches at Osasuna, Mallorca, Real Valladolid and Atlético. Notably, some Spanish journalists say Vinícius has only himself to blame for the abuse he’s received. Aitor Alcalde/Getty ImagesDespite the criticism that Vinícius has received in Spain, many in other countries remain firmly in support of the talented Brazilian.

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On Feb. 8, Brazil’s federal police confiscated former President Jair Bolsonaro’s passport and arrested a pair of his former aides on accusations that they had plotted a coup after Mr. Bolsonaro lost the 2022 presidential election. Four days later, Mr. Bolsonaro was at the entrance to the Hungarian Embassy in Brazil, waiting to be let in, according to the embassy’s security-camera footage, which was obtained by The New York Times. The former president appeared to stay at the embassy for the next two days, the footage showed, accompanied by two security guards and waited on by the Hungarian ambassador and staff members. Mr. Bolsonaro, a target of various criminal investigations, cannot be arrested at a foreign embassy that welcomes him, because they are legally off-limits to domestic authorities. The stay at the embassy suggests that the former president was seeking to leverage his friendship with a fellow far-right leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, into an attempt to evade the Brazilian justice system as he faces criminal investigations at home.

Persons: Jair, Bolsonaro, Viktor Orban of Hungary Organizations: Hungarian Embassy, The New York Times Locations: Hungarian, Brazil

☆ Endrick: Brazilian teen sensation breaks records with winning goal against England
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Teen sensation Endrick scored the winning goal as Brazil beat England on Saturday, putting him into the record books and alongside some of the greats of the Seleção. He almost had another goal in the dying moments of the game but was denied by England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. He is also a player with whom Endrick has drawn comparisons due to their playing styles. “In the stadium where Pelé never managed to play … Endrick with his first international goal and a winning goal against England,” South American football expert Tim Vickery told BBC Radio 5 Live afterwards. The kid is a prodigy.”Endrick’s goal against England was an important one too, with it giving new Brazil manager Dorival Júnior his first victory in his debut in the role.

Persons: Endrick, Jordan Pickford, Wembley –, Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldo –, ” Endrick, Brazil’s, “ I’m, Pelé, Tim Vickery, “, Bobby Charlton, ”, Dorival Júnior, Lucas Paquetá Organizations: CNN, Brazil, England, Wembley, Brazil’s Globo, Reuters, Real Madrid, Brazilian, Palmeiras, Brazil national team, “, ” South, BBC Radio Locations: Brazil, London, Real, Spain

☆ Brazil Police Recommend Criminal Charges Against Bolsonaro
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Jack Nicas | More About Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Brazil’s federal police recommended that former President Jair Bolsonaro be criminally charged in connection with a scheme to falsify his Covid-19 vaccine card, in part to travel to the United States during the pandemic. If federal prosecutors decide to pursue the charges, it would be the first time the former president has faced criminal charges. This is a developing story.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro Locations: United States

☆ Bolsonaro: Brazil’s ex-president presented coup plot to top military leaders, court documents allege
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Kareem El Damanhoury | Julia Vargas Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

São Paulo, Brazil CNN —Former President Jair Bolsonaro presented top Brazilian military leaders with a plan to stage a coup after he lost the 2022 election, newly released court documents have alleged. The country’s Supreme Court released the testimonies from former army commander Marco Antonio Freire Gomes and former air force commander Carlos de Almeida Baptista Jr. to the Brazilian Federal Police on Friday. Bolsonaro allegedly presented the plan in a meeting on December 7, 2022, at the presidential palace in Brasilia. In their testimonies, both Gomes and Baptista Jr. said they refused to carry out Bolsonaro’s alleged plan to stay in power and threatened to arrest him, documents show. Bolsonaro surrendered his passport to authorities in early February as part of a police investigation into an alleged coup attempt.

Persons: São, Jair Bolsonaro, Marco Antonio Freire Gomes, Carlos de Almeida Baptista Jr, Bolsonaro, Gomes, Baptista Jr, Bolsonaro’s, São Paulo, ”, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Organizations: Brazil CNN —, Brazilian Federal Police, CNN Brasil Locations: São Paulo, Brazil, Brasilia ., Brazil’s, São, Brasilia, Brasília

☆ Açai berries and child labor: How children in Brazil are climbing 70-foot-high trees to pick the superfood
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Julia Vargas Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Picking berries to help feed his familyLucas Oliveira, 13, of the Fazendinha village outside Macapá, is one of these children. The stories of harvesters who’ve fallen from trees are numerous — some have had severe injuries and never walked again. Açaí harvesters expose themselves to the perils of the rainforest. Of those, at least 756,000 worked in what the International Labor Organization calls the worst forms of child labor, which includes “dangerous” conditions. Dozens of times a day, Lucas Oliveira climbs trees to bring down heavy bunches of açaí.

Persons: —, ”, Lucas Oliveira, Wengleston, Julia Vargas Jones Lucas, ” Lucas, Lucas, “, he’s, ” Wengleston, Julia Vargas Jones, they’re, Allan Bruno, Bruno, ” Bruno, aren’t Organizations: Brazil CNN —, CNN, International Labor Organization, Brazil’s Public Ministry of Labor Locations: Macapá, Brazil, Igarapé da Fortaleza, Pará, Amapá

☆ Brazil’s Clashing Goals: Protect the Amazon and Pump Lots More Oil
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Max Bearak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Through his office window, the head of Brazil’s state-run oil company looked out at the cluttered landscape of Rio de Janeiro. Looking back at him, across the city’s run-down high-rises, was the looming statue of Christ the Redeemer. This, even as his country positions itself as a leader in the fight against climate change which, of course, is primarily driven by the burning of oil and other fossil fuels. Petrobras already pumps about as much crude oil per year as ExxonMobil, according to Rystad Energy, a market research firm. It’s an enormous predicament for Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, better known simply as Lula, who has fashioned himself as the pre-eminent world leader on climate issues.

Persons: Christ, Hawks, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Lula Organizations: Redeemer, Petrobras, ExxonMobil, Rystad Energy, Saudi Locations: Rio de Janeiro, China, Russia, Kuwait

☆ Helen Mirren gets her own Barbie for International Women’s Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Actress Helen Mirren has said she is “blown away” by a new Barbie created in her likeness. The glamorous doll, complete with its own Academy Award, is one of a series of eight launched by toymaker Mattel to mark International Women’s Day on Friday. Mirren, the 78-year-old star who narrated last year’s hit “Barbie” movie, said she regards the creation of the doll as a “huge compliment.”The new dolls were created to mark International Women's Day. And the cherry on top of the cake is my doll having a miniature Oscar. Thank you @barbie @barbiestyle @Mattel”Previous role model dolls have included TV producer Shonda Rhimes, professional skateboarder Sky Brown and Sarah Gilbert, who developed the Covid-19 vaccine.

Persons: Helen Mirren, toymaker Mattel, Mirren, ”, Barbie, “ Elizabeth I, Golda, “, –, Del, I’d, Kylie Minogue, Shania Twain, Viola Davis, Maira Gomez, Lila Avilés, Nicole Fujita, Enissa Amani, Minogue, Kylie, Shonda Rhimes, Sky Brown, Sarah Gilbert, Aude, Krista Berger, she’s Organizations: CNN, Cannes, Mirren, Mattel, Hollywood, Reuters Locations: ”, British, Mexican

☆ Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro denies harassing whale
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Alessandra Castelli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Police in Brazil are investigating former President Jair Bolsonaro over allegations he harassed a humpback whale. Bolsonaro said Wednesday that he had admitted to the Federal Police that he had approached a whale while riding a watercraft off the north coast of Sao Paulo state last June. “No one can understand why I am under investigation by the Federal Police regarding whale harassment,” Bolsonaro told CNN affiliate CNN Brasil. Investigators suspect that Bolsonaro was riding the vehicle at the time. He claimed the investigation into the whale encounter was “political” and part of a “relentless persecution” against him.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, ” Bolsonaro, ”, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Organizations: CNN — Police, Federal Police, CNN, CNN Brasil . Police, CNN Brasil Locations: Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brasilia

☆ ‘From the Ashes’ exhibition is helping Indigenous communities in the Amazon Rainforest
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Arya Jyothi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The rest of it goes to the Indigenous Xingu community, primarily for firefighting equipment,” he said. Aislan Pankararu, Courtesy of Migrate Art and Christie'sThe Amazon rainforest, which is crucial for trapping and storing carbon emissions, is facing a tipping point by 2050 that could have devastating consequences. According to the non-profit Amazon Aid, the primary driver of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest is deforestation for agriculture, logging, and other economic opportunities. Butler visited the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous Xingu communities two years ago. The collection also includes works made by members of the Indigenous community, such as three paintings by Kamo Waurá, a village shaman.

Persons: CNN —, Sarah Ball, Simon Butler, ”, they’re, Aislan Pankararu, Takumã, Butler, Piers Secunda, Takumā, Christie's, Kamo Waurá, “, ” Secunda Organizations: CNN, London’s Truman, Amazon Aid Locations: British, Brazil, London’s, London, Northeast Brazil, Iraqi Kurdistan

☆ Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro rejects coup allegations as thousands of supporters rally in Sao Paulo
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday led a large rally of his supporters in São Paulo as he denied allegations that he took part in a coup plot in an attempt to stay in power. Several former ministers who served in Bolsonaro’s government are also being investigated and some of his aides have been arrested, according to CNN affiliate CNN Brasil. Bolsonaro on Sunday insisted he is being persecuted, without directly mentioning the institutions handling the investigation, CNN Brasil reported. After Bolsonaro lost the election by a narrow margin to leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, his supporters rioted and broke into government buildings in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. Bolsonaro was also seen waving an Israel flag during the rally Sunday in opposition to Lula da Silva, who has compared Israel’s offensive on Gaza to the Holocaust.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, São Paulo, ”, Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Lula da Silva Organizations: CNN, Former, Sunday, thronged, Brazilian Federal Police, CNN Brasil, Bolsonaro Locations: São, Brasilia, Brasília, Israel, Gaza

Paulo Cesar Gomes, a 56-year-old entomologist, found some mosquito larvae swimming in shallow rainwater inside a car bumper. Captured mosquitos and larvae are kept alive and brought to a city laboratory to be tested for dengue. At locations with positive tests, health agents spray the walls with a product that kills mosquitos and then monitor the location for weeks. In Rio, more than 80% of mosquito breeding sites are located in residential properties, health officials say. Health workers and volunteers went door to door, pacing up and down the narrow streets of Rio's Tabajara working-class neighborhood, or favela, to spread the word.

Persons: Paulo Cesar Gomes, “, ” Ethel Maciel, Gomes, mosquitos, Maciel, Brazil’s, Oswaldo, Mário Sérgio Ribeiro, Vilza da Costa, ”, ” Maciel Organizations: RIO DE, Rio, Brazil's Health Ministry, Associated Press, World Health Organization, Health Ministry, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio, Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio's, America, Caribbean

☆ Carnival Starts Only When 12-Foot John Travolta Arrives
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Jack Nicas | Dado Galdieri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was near the start of one of Brazil’s most famous Carnival celebrations, in the northern seaside city of Olinda, and the town plaza was jammed with thousands of revelers. They were all awaiting their idol. Just before 9 p.m., the doors to a dance hall swung open, a brass band pushed into the crowd and the star everyone had been waiting for stepped out: a 12-foot puppet of John Travolta. Confetti sprayed, the band began playing a catchy tune and the crowd sang along: “John Travolta is really cool. And in Olinda, the best carnival.” (It rhymes in Portuguese.)

Persons: John Travolta, “ John Travolta Locations: Olinda

☆ Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the Americas
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Stephanie Nolen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Brazil is experiencing an enormous outbreak of dengue fever, the sometimes fatal mosquito-borne disease, and public health experts say it is a harbinger of a coming surge in cases in the Americas, including Puerto Rico. Brazil’s Health Ministry warns that it expects more than 4.2 million cases this year, outstripping the 4.1 million cases the Pan-American Health Organization recorded for all 42 countries in the region last year. Brazil was due for a bad dengue year — numbers of cases of the virus typically rise and fall on a roughly four-year cycle — but experts say a number of factors, including El Niño and climate change, have significantly amplified the problem this year. “The record heat in the country and the above-average rainfall since last year, even before the summer, have increased the number of mosquito breeding sites in Brazil, even in regions that had few cases of the disease,” Brazil’s health minister, Nísia Trindade, said.

Persons: El, “, Nísia Trindade Organizations: Brazil’s, Ministry, American Health Organization Locations: Brazil, Americas, Puerto Rico

☆ Lost Images Reveal the History of Rio’s Carnival
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Jack Nicas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Lost Images Reveal the History of Rio’s CarnivalRafael Cosme was at a Rio de Janeiro antique fair six years ago when he found a pile of film negatives on the ground. It is Rio’s annual collective exhalation — a four-day eruption of art and music, costumes and joy — that began again on Saturday. “I realized there are endless stories I could tell about this city,” Mr. Cosme said about his discovery of Rio’s lost photos. Around that time, Rio’s rich elites began parading around the city during Carnival in open cars, according to Maria Clementina Pereira Cunha, a historian who has written books about Rio’s Carnival. Today the parade remains the centerpiece of Rio’s Carnival, held in a dedicated stadium built in 1984.

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Trading on the world's largest exchange would give JBS, which applied in July, access to more capital and enhance its credibility. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe dispute highlights the connection between finance and various drivers of climate change, such as deforestation. Two-thirds of Amazon deforestation results from conversion to pasture for livestock, according to the Brazilian government. In 2020, it created the JBS Fund For the Amazon. In the three years since inception, the JBS Fund for The Amazon has provided $15 million to 20 projects, according to its website.

Persons: ”, JBS, Elon Musk, Carlos Nobre, Liège Correia, Andrea Azevedo, “, ” Azevedo, Azevedo, Glenn Hurowitz, it's Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Stock Exchange, U.S, Democrats, Republicans, SEC, NYSE, Associated Press, Brazil’s Agencia Publica, JBS S.A, JBS Fund, The, Forest Peoples Connection, Elon, SpaceX, Good Food Institute, United Nations, JBS, AP Locations: BRASILIA, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Rondonia, pirarucu, U.S, Dubai, AP.org

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